JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1847

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section two of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes herein set forth, do hereby appoint you, the said

Robert Mackenzie Watson,
August Charles Koch, and
Herbert Ernest Leighton

to be a Commission for the purpose of inquiring generally into the necessity or expediency of the Government granting a subsidy towards the cost of the aforesaid operations, and particularly into the following matters:—

1. The extent to which the aforesaid operations would provide a better location for roads or highways, or make roads or highways safe for through traffic at all times of the year, or otherwise benefit roads.

2. The extent to which such operations would benefit the Government railways by reason of improved waterways or otherwise.

3. The extent to which the aforesaid operations would generally lessen demands on the Government from settlers suffering loss or damage to their properties by reason of flooding of rivers in the Manawatu-Oroua River District.

4. What (in the event of it being desirable that a Government subsidy be granted) should be the amount, period, and rate of such subsidy, and what conditions (if any) should precede or be attached to payment of such subsidy or of any part thereof.

5. Whether further legislation would be necessary to enable effect to be given to the findings of the Commission, and, if so, the nature of such legislation.

6. Any other recommendations or advice arising out of the premises.

And I direct you to inquire into the said matters pursuant to section two of the Commissions of Inquiry, Act, 1908. accordingly.

And, further, I do require you to report to me your opinion on the aforesaid matters within sixty days of the date hereof. And, further, I do appoint you the said

Robert Mackenzie Watson

to be Chairman of the said Commission.

And, further, I do require you to inquire into the said matters concurrently, as near as may be, with the inquiries which you are directed to make by my separate appointment issued on the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, in terms and by authority of subsection three of section eleven of the Manawatu-Oroua River District Amendment Act, 1925.

And, further, I do require you to order in what proportion the costs of and incidental to the inquiry under this appointment shall be paid by any of the parties to the inquiry.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 28th day of June, 1926.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.
Approved in Council.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 48/270.)

Amending Regulations under the Mining Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Mining Act, 1908, and its amendments, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby amend, as set out in the Schedule hereto, the regulations made under the said Act on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and doth hereby declare that the said amendments shall come into force on the day of the gazetting thereof.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATION 83 is hereby amended by deleting the words “6d. per folio of ninety words,” and substituting the words “8d. per folio of seventy-two words.”

Regulation 84 is hereby amended by deleting the words “1s. for each separate registration entry,” and substituting the words “2s. for each separate registration entry.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of June, 1926.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.

(N. 3/3.)

Number of Commissioners of Town District of Hikurangi increased.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the Town Boards Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby increase the number of Commissioners of the Town District of Hikurangi to seven, such increase to commence from the general election of members to be held in September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of June, 1926.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga appointed.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

To Edward Pohau Ellison, Esquire, Rarotonga.

PURSUANT to the authority vested in me by the Cook Islands Act, 1915, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do by these presents issued under my hand and the Seal of the Dominion appoint you

Edward Pohau Ellison

to be Deputy Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga, to hold the said office during my pleasure as from the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of June, 1926.

M. POMARE, Minister for the Cook Islands.

Official Member of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 25th June, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Gregor McGregor,

of Wanganui, to be the Official Member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Whanganui, vice Ernest Barnes, who has left the district.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th June, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

Anton Oliver Sorensen, of New Lynn,
Fredrick Smith, of Rotowaro, and
Walter Joseph Gibbs, of Te Aroha,

to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of the said Act.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th June, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, the undermentioned persons have been appointed Rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:—

Acclimatization District.
Anton Oliver Sorensen, of New Lynn.. Auckland.
Fredrick Smith, of Rotowara .. ,,
Walter Joseph Gibbs, of Te Aroha .. ,,
John Cullen, of Auckland .. .. Rotorua.
Thomas Banks, of Tokaanu.. .. ,,
Michael O’Neill, of Tokaanu .. .. ,,

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadet, New Plymouth Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Alexander Dickson

to be a Cadet in the New Plymouth Savings-bank.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.